Tribal Nations
The 54 sovereign Native nations whose territories the Corps of Discovery crossed, encountered, or recorded. Each card links to a profile page with biographical synthesis where available, plus entries tagged with that nation. Mention counts come from AI entity extraction across the 3,415 journal entries.
Editorial note: tribal-nation names here use the conventional period spellings used in Lewis & Clark scholarship. We acknowledge that contemporary tribes may prefer different self-designations (e.g. Apsáalooke for Crow, Niimíipuu for Nez Perce). Where known, both forms are surfaced in the individual profile pages.
Mandan
204 AI mentions
277 tagged
Shoshone
127 AI mentions
188 tagged
Clatsop
108 AI mentions
142 tagged
Nez Perce
91 AI mentions
133 tagged
Sioux Tribe/Nation
Oceti Sakowin (Great Sioux Nation), Siouan peoples of the Northern Plains
56 AI mentions
112 tagged
Chinook
49 AI mentions
68 tagged
Hidatsa
41 AI mentions
66 tagged
Tillamook
27 AI mentions
31 tagged
Arikara
18 AI mentions
74 tagged
Yankton Sioux
17 AI mentions
18 tagged
Yankton Sioux Tribe
Ihanktonwan (Yankton), middle division of the Great Sioux Nation
17 AI mentions
10 tagged
Blackfeet
15 AI mentions
34 tagged
Osage Nation
Wazhazhe (Osage), Southern Siouan people of the Missouri-Arkansas region
12 AI mentions
39 tagged
Oto Tribe
Jiwere (Otoe), Chiwere Siouan people of the Missouri River region
8 AI mentions
5 tagged
Lemhi Shoshone
6 AI mentions
16 tagged
Shawnee Tribe
Shaawanwa (Shawnee), Algonquian people of the Ohio Valley and beyond
6 AI mentions
8 tagged
Kickapoo Tribe
Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo), Algonquian people of the Great Lakes and central Plains
5 AI mentions
10 tagged
Pawnee Nation
Chaticks si Chaticks (Pawnee), Caddoan people of the central Plains
4 AI mentions
16 tagged
Omaha
3 AI mentions
44 tagged
Multnomah
2 AI mentions
19 tagged
Ponca Tribe
Ponka (Ponca), Dhegihan Siouan people of the Missouri River region
2 AI mentions
9 tagged
Assiniboine
15 tagged
Cayuse
1 tagged
Chipawa Tribe
Variant spelling of Chippewa (Ojibwe/Anishinaabe)
1 tagged
Chippewa Tribe
Anishinaabe (Ojibwe/Chippewa), Algonquian people of the Great Lakes
14 tagged
Coeur d'Alene
2 tagged
Crow (Apsaalooke)
57 tagged
Delaware Nation
Lenape (Delaware), Algonquian people originally of the eastern seaboard
9 tagged
Flathead Salish
55 tagged
Grand Pawnee
Chaui band of the Pawnee Nation
2 tagged
Iowa Tribe
Báxoje (Ioway), Chiwere Siouan people of the Missouri-Iowa region
25 tagged
Kathlamet
20 tagged
Kaw Nation
Kanza (Kaw), Dhegihan Siouan people of the Kansas River region
18 tagged
Makah Tribe
Kwih-dich-chuh-ahtx (Makah), Wakashan people of the Pacific Northwest
1 tagged
Menominee Nation
Mamaceqtaw (Menominee), Algonquian people of Wisconsin
2 tagged
Noisy Pawnee
Pitahawirata band of the Pawnee Nation
1 tagged
Otoe-Missouria
36 tagged
Ottawa Tribe
Odawa (Ottawa), Algonquian people of the Great Lakes
12 tagged
Palouse
1 tagged
Pawnee Marhar
A band or sub-group associated with the Pawnee confederation
1 tagged
Piankashaw
Peanguichia (Piankashaw), Miami-Illinois Algonquian people of the Wabash region
1 tagged
Potawatomi Nation
Bodewadmi (Potawatomi), Algonquian people of the Great Lakes
10 tagged
Potawatomi Tribe/Nation
Alternate designation for Potawatomi (Bodewadmi)
13 tagged
Quapaw Nation
Ogaxpa (Quapaw), Dhegihan Siouan people of the lower Mississippi-Arkansas region
3 tagged
Sac and Fox Nation
Meskwaki (Fox) and Sauk, Algonquian peoples of the upper Mississippi
12 tagged
Sioux of St. Peter’s River
Mdewakanton and Wahpekute Dakota bands of the Minnesota River
1 tagged
Sioux of the Lakes
Sisseton and Wahpeton Dakota bands of the upper Mississippi and lake country
1 tagged
Teton Sioux (Lakota)
31 tagged
Teton Tribe
Lakota (Teton Sioux), westernmost division of the Great Sioux Nation
1 tagged
Umatilla
6 tagged
Walla Walla
9 tagged
Winnebago Tribe
Ho-Chunk (Winnebago), Chiwere Siouan people of Wisconsin
7 tagged
Wishram-Wasco
7 tagged
Yakama
8 tagged
